your
freewriting and look for 1-5 keyword phrases that best describe the emotion(s) of what you’ve experienced.
This technique will work just as well for a 15 second Flash animation as an hour-length video documentary. In each case you want to understand the emotion at the heart of your project so you can choose music that elevates your viewer’s experience.
Here’s an example of the process…
Let’s say you’re giving a 2 hour talk on “Better Time Management” and you want some background music to use in your PowerPoint at the beginning, end, and during the break.
You do the exercise above and here is a sample of your freewriting…
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…better time management = organization,
productivity, structure…getting things done